RMS Titanic by popeye the sailor - Academy - PLASTIC - 1/400 scale

[BANYAN]

I wasn't aware of this build Popeye, but so glad I found it.  That's a great build, I'll settle back for the rest of the show

 

cheers

 

Pat

[trippwj]

See comments above.

 

 

(Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of relaxation? Hope all is well, Denis. )

[riverboat]

Hi Denis .....Sorry I missed your birthday party,  ... "HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY" Denis .... your build is looking real nice!!

Nice redo!!

 

Frank

[popeye the sailor]

well......thank you so much for the kind comments     taking on this part time job,  I was told I'd be a fill in.......20 hrs a week.  I thought....cool,  I'd use it to buy supplies and stuff.  I never thought that it would slow me down.   I'd worked at night a couple of times......tried to do a little,  but I couldn't concentrate.   I'm getting used to it slowly......and now getting to the point where I can play with the free time.  winter's coming too.......there will be more indoor time....unless Gibbs has anything to say about it    I did some more today.......fixed the damage I did the other day.    I had the A and boat deck assembly on my desk and I hit it with my arm as I was passing by from the living room.   more was added to the assembly as well.  I'll try and post the pictures a bit later.   I almost forgot how tedious it was assembling these railings........ugh!    

 

thanks David....this revisit into plastic has been fun.......but the best Titanic I've seen has been Doris's.   Reklein did one as well.....he posted a picture on Nil's build log.   thanks for the kudos though 

 

thanks Pat.......pleased your peeking in   sure......pull up a chair and grab a mug......still got a ways to go yet    had a look at your Endeavour build......sweet looking vessel 

 

life is just fine Wayne......just learning to juggle four balls,  instead of three.   hope you've adjusted well from the B.S. you had to go through earlier this year.

 

always good to see you Frank.   too bad you missed it......wore my best lampshade just for you  :D   no matter........I'm catching up {slowly}......noticed you have an update {I hope}     I'll see you there 

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

I'm going to echo everyone else's comments about how good it is to see you posting again. Nice progress and I'd guess you'd soon be at the tail end of her?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited October 16, 2015 by Omega1234

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Patrick............heck no.....still got a ways to go yet.   there is a lot more railing work to be done after the deck assembly is cemented on the hull.

 

   glad to see your recovering well 

[Omega1234]

Thanks Popeye and sorry I misjudged the finish line. I'm going well, except for an infection caused by the surgery. On antibiotics now.

 

All the best!

 

Patrick

[dgbot]

May you get better soon and may the grace of god be with you.

David B

[mobbsie]

Hi Denis,

 

Just because you have taken a second job doesn't mean you can deprive countless of your followers the pleasure of your updates, you'll just have to pull your digit out mate and knuckle down.          

 

Good fix mate on the funnel guys and the decking mate, even forensics would have trouble detecting the repair.

 

Looking forward to further updates.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Denis

What a S and D. For the non Ozzies out there, it means sh#t and disaster.

I know that you can fit it with half of your eyes closed.

Havagooday

Greg

[popeye the sailor]

get better Patrick.........no need to apologize about anything.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed I can finish at least 1 more built before the year ends  I look forward in seeing you resume your work on Majellan {if you haven't already......I'm still getting caught up}.

 

thanks Mobbsie.........the second job is on hold at the moment.......I need to have a clearance badge just to be on the premises.  I've been working over there for three weeks already..........now somebody has finally realized that this is out of policy     woe be unto the airline passenger...... they are still not 100% safe yet      so........I can't be there until I get the badge  {good thing I'm not depending on the extra cash}    but.........I can't use the second job thing as an excuse......I wouldn't be totally truthful if I did.   while it does slow me down a little......another idea is brewing {if the admiral saw the complete scope of it,  she'd kill me}.   this has consumed some time as well {small amounts over a long period of time}.   I said it once......I'll say it again......it's just too delicious to pass up. 

 

thanks Lawrence...makes me blush to see how much I was missed     it is nice to get to the point where I can now spend some quality time........here and at the table.     have you begun work on the African Queen yet?............no matter.........I'll find you 

 

great to see your up and about Greg       'at's how I alwayz goes through life mate.........wit' one eye closed!   AK-k-k-k-k-k-k--k-k!

[popeye the sailor]

I know I promised this to you fine folks last week..........but with the way this work week went......well..#%$^*@!  the shop is too small a place,  to have that much drama!   too long a story to get into the policies and politics of it all.

 

last week,  I got to do more on the Titanic.  I did manage to add the fourth funnel top {if I didn't mention it already}.  the grates were added in the openings of the tops.   the fourth funnel is the only different one........it has a damper molded to it.

 

 

 

the starboard railing is assembled.  as it dries,  I will make the port side railing.

 

 

I wasn't sure how the pipe work ran in this area.........I initially though the port side railing was wrong.   so,  I fitted it so it would go the entire length along the edging.

 

 

 

here's a view from the fore end.......

 

 

 

we had taken off at this point to run errands........I managed to do a little scavenger hunting.   I found some flat white,  since what I had dried up on me.   the inner part of the tops is painted in that hull black that I had mixed up.   the grates were painted with it after they had dried.

 

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

this morning.......some touch ups were made.  instead of doing a dry fit,  I just cemented the bottom part of the pipes in place.   I then found that the port side railings was wrong......I shouldn't have over guessed them.   but it looks like the railings would have been too long anyways..

 

 

I painted the hand rails of the railings

 

 

the port side has already been trimmed down to fit. 

[GLakie]

Looking good Dennis! 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks George........and all you who hit the like button!      I will add more later..........got to get my nose out of the site long enough        what can I say...I was deprived.........I didn't turn on my computer once this week end!    thanks again all!

[src]

Dennis, I cant get over how tiny those railings are!! Very nice!

Sam

[popeye the sailor]

they are Sam.......and very fragile.   I'm still not done with them yet........more after the top section is on the hull     thanks for the good word !

[popeye the sailor]

well........things have taken another turn.     I was kinda on vacation from the part time job until I got my badge.......I have it now.   I worked last night and I need to go in this morning.   I have one humongous update.......here is the beginning of it......

 

the port side pipes were cemented in place

 

 

while removing the sprue stubble from the starboard side pipes,  the darn thing broke!

 

 

but I managed to get them on anyway

 

 

then the railings were added,  along with the section for the back edge,  between the two pipes

 

 

 

now I can rig the guy lines

 

 

 

the rest will have to wait till the afternoon.  I got to get ready for work.   there's more crazy stuff going on behind the scenes here......got a plummer coming......the power company is running all over our neighborhood replacing transformers {I hope they don't block our drive way again}........to name what is to be today.   tomorrow might be worse.......power might be out for a while.........I'm going back to work again for the evening.  the fun is beginning 

[src]

Dont you just hate it whenwork interferes with life?? Bosses! Just give us our check and let us stay home!

 

Those pipes loooked to be very fiddely. Nice save on the break, Any idea the purpose they served? Ventilation of some sort I imagine, but why the 180 degree turn?

 

Dont work too hard.

 

Sam

[captainbob]

I'm not much of a plastics fan (probably because I don't know how) but your Titanic look great.

 

Bob

Edited October 22, 2015 by Cap'n'Bob

[popeye the sailor]

I would imagine that they are part of the coolant system.   to try and better answer your question,  I did a little surfing.......   found a couple sites that had blueprints,  but the pictures wouldn't come up for me for some reason.  looking art the diagrams on the bridge deck......this funnel would be closest to boiler #1&2.......definitely for water circulation.  if I find more, I'll post it     thanks for the good word 

 

thanks Bob.......it's been a fun trip so far,  getting back to where I began.   but I can tell ya.......every time I mess around with wood......I feel at home again 

[BANYAN]

Your Titanic is looking very good; some nice detail there Popeye.  You're going to have to speak to the boss and let him/her know that the MSW forum believes you should be full-time on the model - PR for them so to speak

 

cheers

 

Pat

[popeye the sailor]

got back home around 1:30 PM..........the plummer left about  1/2 hour ago.   spent a bit of time setting the kitchen back up and washing the floor.  what a mess!

 

anyway.........back to the Titanic......    I used CA on the rigging of the funnel.......trimmed off nicely   

 

 

 

....found that I had a couple more pictures of the guy lines.  I guess the next thing to do,  would be to get the top on the funnel.

 

 

 

I'm not sure if the grate is painted in these pictures.......they are in these pictures though.

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

thank you Pat.........would have answered you sooner,  but I got done posting the rest of the update.......and the admiral announced that the light in the range hood wasn't working {they had to remove it so they could access the pipes in the wall}.  she told me they dropped it on the floor.  so,  I replaced the bulb and it still wouldn't work!   I opened the access panel for the wiring and I found that one of the connectors came off the switch.  I couldn't get the connector back on,  without the threat of getting zapped,  so I went to the breaker panel to shut off the one that it belongs to.   I was running the fan........told the admiral to let me know when it stopped working.   I had shut off five of the breakers.......the rest were doubles {I ran into the same problem when I did the security lights for the garage }.   I thought the hell with it and hit the main breaker!...........shut off the whole apartment!   all this just for one stupid connector....this place is totally screwed!     can't wait til we can get our own place again!

 

that would be a wonderful pipe dream....but I gotta help feed the coffers that keeps Uncle Sam in packet change   

[popeye the sailor]

....but wait........there's more!   out came the hull......

 

 

my son supplied with a whole pack of small shrink tube..

 

 

I was going to add a couple more lights to the mix,  but the heck with it,  I'll do with what I have.  so,  I stripped the wires...it was very easy........did it between my finger nails 

 

 

the lights were soldered in place and shrink tubed....

 

 

 

 

now.......if I don't have any more interruptions.......perhaps I can put all this together 

 

 

[Jparsley]

How cool are you Master at wood and a master at plastic what's next metal I have built a couple of titanic a in my life from plastic and compared to yours mine looked like my five year old daughter constructed mine I have always had a love for titanic actually drew the schematics and wrote a paper on it in high school Drawing I can do models I'm trying to learn if I ever attempt titanic again I'm using your log it's a masterpiece

[dgbot]

Same here my Titanic wound up pretty sad compa red to yours.

David B

[lambsbk]

Holy smokes Denis I can't believe I am just now seeing this thread. She is a beauty! Great job!

[Omega1234]

Definitely coming along very smartly, Denis!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[SkerryAmp]

Duuuuuuuude!

 

Ah HA - here you are.      I was away so long I completely missed this - wasn checking other stuff and wondering  ...hmm, where did Popeye go!

 

HERE you are - and WOW.

 

First, thank you fro taking me back - I used to LOVE doing plastics,  have not done those in such a long time, nice to see you working it so well.

 

Second - NICELY done!!   Really a sharp looking build you have going there and the subject is great!!!!

 

Well - while fashionably late, I shall now pull up my lawn chair and umbrella enjoy the finale!!

 

=)